Visual Arts

The Cardin School’s extensive visual art program includes studio art classes, art electives, art minyanim, and integrated arts. The objectives for students involved in the visual arts are both traditional and holistic, reflecting the holistic mission of Cardin:

to develop drawing skills, including: drawing from observation, imagination, and from memory
to explore the possibilities of color mixing using a variety of media
to playfully experiment with ideas and materials
to create visually coherent 2- and 3-D artworks
to build narrative skills in the visual arts
to encourage internal motivation, self-direction, experimentation, and self-discipline in completing an art problem
to develop personal meaning through art
to empower students to respond visually and verbally to their daily lives
to link seemingly disparate subject areas through the arts
to develop enhanced critical thinking skills through art projects

Past art program highlights include:

Spring 2005 – The school was the recipient of a Baltimore Clayworks “Tour de Clay” education grant that permitted Artist-in-Residence Sam Wallace and eleven students to create a Raku clay Torah mural.
Spring 2007 – Four art students displayed their outstanding artwork in the Park Heights’ JCC’s professional gallery exhibition entitled “Of Doors and Keys.”
Spring 2008 – Nine Hebrew students created a large-scale mixed-media collage painting as a gift exchange with a sister school in Ashkelon, Israel.